May 16, 2009

Patriotic Cards...One Sheet Wonder Style

Edit: As mentioned in my post, the red twine/string is from Martha Stewart, available at Michael's and I believe Ellen's store had this at one time too. And I get the old style clothespins at Dollar Tree. It's the only place I can find them. I usually purchase about 10 bags so I'll always have them on hand. Maybe I have too much ribbon.....pfft, nahhh.

Lisa Johnson's new Papertrey set called Let Freedom Ringwill be a well loved set for me. Summer is my favorite time of year and with Josey's birthday on the 4th, my mom's on the 1st and our huge BBQ, it's aways a great time to celebrate...and make cards!

Today I have a fun set of cards that I made using the One Sheet Wonder style of stamping. The idea is to create a full sheet of patterned paper using various stamps and then cut it up for your projects. To start off, I grabbed one of my largest clear blocks and arranged all of the stamps that would fit from the Let Freedom Ring set onto my block. You're just looking to create a random pattern.Using a sheet of Linen Vellum Cardstock(the texture this gives my final projects is so awesome!), I stamped the set of images randomly with Pure Poppy ink, covering my entire sheet of Linen Vellum. Looks pretty cool but I'm not finished yet.

I wanted a red, white and blue theme so I took a star image and stamped it with SU! Night of Navy ink, filling in white spaces. Lookin' good now!

Then I reached for my well loved Borders and Corners Circles set and stamped the loopy circle over every star cluster circle I saw. LOVE this!!

And here's my final sheet of patterned paper. It really looks like something you'd buy in a store! Zoom in to get a better peek.

I was on a roll, so I decided to create some embellishments to add to my cards. I made double layered, punched starts using the Star Punch, Polka Dots Basics, Fresh Snow Ink, Vintage Buttons and Martha Stewart red twine. Notice that the bottom layer is a second punched star using the Night Sky Shimmer Cardstock. Oh, this looks fantastic on patriotic projects!

The scalloped strips have a tiny red, white and blue ribbon from my stash and were punched with a Fiskars scallop edge punch. The red and white patterned paper with circles is from Papertrey'sMen of Lifepatterned paper pad. Remember to dig through your stash to find supplies that match your theme.

And here are my finished cards, I love them!! I cut small pieces of the patterned paper and assembled all of the elements randomly on my Kraft card base. The texture of the Linen Vellumalong with the shiny metallic paper and the dimension of the buttons is really fun to look at. For a final finishing touch, I inked the edges of my cardstock with Fresh Snow Ink and then added some random polka dot stamping using Polka Dot Basics. Here you can see the shimmery Night Sky cardstock, so pretty.

And here's my double layered stars with the Vintage Buttons, such a nice finishing touch.

I can't wait for the summer fun to begin!! Yesterday, I found the cutest little red, white and blue tricycle at an antique shop. It will for sure take front and center in my patriotic porch decorations this summer!! Enjoy the weekend, my friends!

Once again awesome cards!! Your patterned paper opened up so many more options. Can't wait to try this! Have a great day!ps: Loved your snake post. We live on a farm, but in Oregon so the only snakes we get are garter snakes thank goodness!

You pulled this together so absolutely perfect! It's amazing how you choose just the right amount of accents, know what to add, when to stop, how to make custom embellies, how much stamping makes the PERFECT OSW, and I'm always in awe of your talent, Mish! Truly you are the world's best!! :)

The clothespins are also at Hobby Lobby. I bought a bag of thirty for less than $5 I'm sure (I can't remember the exact amount, but it was very little.)

After seeing you use them, I went there looking for them and found some! I was TOO thrilled... Now I just have to wrap all of that loose ribbon I have. Sounds like a good thing to on the couch while hubby watches the game.

Found this from your other post. You are one very creative, inspiring person, Miichelle. I love your blog. I just love this and I may borrow your idea and do tags for the family 4th of July party this year as well as a hostess gift for a friend's 4th of July party. Off to look at ordering that set. Thank you for your inspiration.

F*A*N*T*A*S*T*I*C !!! I love your one sheet wonder, what a great idea for the 4th of July! I am going to try this myself!Love your cards, they are great. You always use such great elements, and your creations are gorgeous! :D